Author: Don Fletcher

Medal of Honor recipients to be honored with U.S. 31 signs Manning Seay By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Most people outside Escambia County, Alabama — as well as most people inside Escambia County, Alabama — don’t know it, but the county is one of the few rural districts in the U.S. that were home to two Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. That’s about to change. Billy Gates, commander of…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A collaborative project between Atmore’s Billy Glenn Rushing American Legion Post 90, Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Atmore should by the end of this week be welcoming visitors to the city while also welcoming home local veterans returning from deployments. A large mural that will be painted on the south wall of Legion headquarters, overlooking the post’s monument park, will feature…

From left, Tyler, and Emily, Lucas pose with the gifts. By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Until about a week ago, Katherine “Khaki” Bell might or might not have believed that angels walk the earth. Now she has proof that they do. Katherine, who lives in the Nokomis area, checked her purse before she entered Atmore’s Walmart around 4 p.m. last Thursday, November 5, to make sure she had enough…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County voters approved by a more than 3-1 margin the November 3 referendum making Canoe a landmark district, protecting the heritage and history of the community and making annexation by another community more difficult. According to the Alabama Secretary of State Office website, the measure gained the approval of 8,820 voters (just over 79 percent), with 2,475 voting in opposition. “We were very…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members unanimously approved during their Monday, November 9, meeting a $12 million-plus budget for the upcoming fiscal year, a funding package that includes an across-the-board pay increase for all municipal employees. City Clerk Becca Smith reminded council members during a November 4 budget workshop that the figures on the document are not written in stone; the five-member council gave it the…